Polis : Parler le grec ancien comme une langue vivante (1CD audio) [Broché]

 

 

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C'est excellent ! Vivant, plaisant, agréable à écouter, facile à assimiler.... On finit vraiment par parler le grec ancien. Je recommande vivement cette méthode. Lorsque j'avais appris le grec au lycée, je n'étais pas capable de lire un texte grec sans dictionnaire, mais avec Polis, on finit par entrer vraiment dans l'univers du grec et on l'apprend comme une langue vivante.

This is the premise behind Rico's fine new book, to teach you Ancient Greek as a living language. People learn Ancient Greek so as to read it, but it has long been recognized that in order to learn Greek well, you have to use it, that is listen to it, write it, speak it, think in it. Virtually all text books before this have focused on passively reading Greek. Rico has you spend more time listening to and writing Greek than you do reading. He teaches you conversational stuff that you will not get in other books, counting to ten, days of the week, even how to say "My name is..." For people learning modern languages, this seems like a no brainer, but trust me, you have never seen a book on a "dead language" like Rico's. It has great illustrations and large, multi-colored fonts. The exercises you do, completing the endings on select words in larger readings, choosing between GAR and OUN, matching verbs to prepositional phrases, figuring out what is on the other end of telephone coversation in Greek, are all meant to get you to USE Ancient Greek, not just to read or memorize paradigms. Rico's entire book is in Ancient Greek, the chapter headings, the instructions, and even the glossary. Rather than give you a one word gloss of the vocablulary, Rico gives you a sentence in Greek for every word you learn. This itself is worth the price of the book. Also included is a list of GREEK (not Latin) grammatical terms.

But is the audio c.d. which is the best feature of Polis. A few other Greek text books come with limited audio, for example Dobson's book. But here again Rico's is a whole new ball game. He has several speakers in his dialogues, and they all sound great, natural, with real emphasis, at different speeds, with slighlty different accents, but all pleasant and often very witty to listen to. Rico basically uses an Erasmian pronunciation, although he conflates omicron and omega. For those who prefer Modern Greek or Randall Buth's Restored Koine, this will be a disappointment, but for those of us who are either used to Erasmus or prefer a pronunciation which is more phonetic, that Rico uses Erasmus is a plus.

Rico's book is meant for beginners, but as with many Greek books, intermediate learners will probably get more out of it. Whether you believe that Living Language Methods are essential to learning Greek or not, they are at the very least fun. I imagine that most people who get Polis will supplement it with a Mounce or a Machen. Dozens of those types of books are available, but with Polis, Rico breaks new ground, joining Randall Buth in presenting a truly new way to learn (and to improve) your ancient Greek. I should also mention that this is just the first volume in a series Rico plans to write. This text gives you about 40% of the grammar you will need to read Ancient Greek. He does expose you to a lot of vocabulary, but again not enough in this first volume.

Unless you are a real beginner, the fact that Polis is in French is irrelevant, because it's also in Greek. If you are just starting to learn Greek, you probably either have to know French or wait for the English translation (due out some time 2011) or you will need to use this book only to supplement something else. But I cannot imagine that there is anyone who loves Greek who will not find Rico's book helpful and lots of fun. Enter the Polis the way the Greeks did, through the gates of living language! (Rev 22:14)

¡Excelentes el libro y el método del Prof. Rico!
Tuve la ocasión de hacer con el Prof. Rico el Curso intensivo de griego koiné y fue una experiencia óptima desde todo punto de vista: intelectual, cultural, pedagógico. Está muy bien logrado todo. El soporte de audio y los glosarios al final de cada lección son una gran ayuda, y facilitan mucho compenetrarse totalmente del griego koiné.
Muy aconsejable para todos los que se quieran meter de llenos en el griego koiné, y también para los que quieran enseñarlo de un modo más fácil y agradable para los alumnos.

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5.0 étoiles sur 5 Etonnant et bien fait
Lorsque j'ai reçu le livre, j'ai eu un choc: presque tout est écrit en grec koine.
Mais après avoir appris l'alphabet, qui ressemble à l'alphabet... Lire la suite

Publié il y a 6 mois par Myriam Namolaru

5.0 étoiles sur 5 A good and fresh view of ancient (koine) greek
This ancient greek method is unique in two aspects: it's based in Koine greek, the post-classical common learned language, and it teachs koine greek as a living, spoken language... Lire la suite

Publié il y a 15 mois par Darayavaush

3.0 étoiles sur 5 Intitulé de façon très trompeuse
A la recherche d'équivalent, en grec ancien, de "Lingua Latina per se Illustrata" d'Ørberg, je suis tombé sur "Polis", dont le sous-titre est: "Parler le grec ancien... Lire la suite

Publié il y a 16 mois par Alptekin Sanli

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